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Putin orders exercises of the Russian strategic nuclear forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the celebration this Tuesday of exercises of the strategic forces of nuclear deterrence in order to rehearse the launch of ballistic and cruise missiles.
“We will train the actions of the commanders to control the use of nuclear weapons with ballistic and cruise missile launches,” Putin said during a statement broadcast on Russian television.
Putin stressed that, “taking into account the increase in geopolitical tensions and the emergence of new external threats and risks, it is important to have modern strategic forces that are permanently ready for use in combat.”
He stressed that the nuclear triad – intercontinental missiles, atomic submarines and strategic aviation – continues to be a “reliable guarantor of the sovereignty and security of our country, which allows the tasks of strategic deterrence to be fulfilled.”
In addition, he added, it also allows “to maintain nuclear parity and the balance of forces in the world as objective factors of global stability.”
Use of nuclear weapons
At the same time, Putin assured that “Russia confirms its principled position that the use of nuclear weapons is an extreme and extraordinary measure of security guarantee.”
The head of the Kremlin insisted that Moscow intends to continue perfecting all the components of its nuclear arsenal within the framework of the state rearmament program, for which it has greatly increased defense spending since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
This will include the supply to strategic forces of new stationary and mobile missile systems that are much more accurate and, in addition, require less time for launch, he explained.
“And, what is very important, with greater possibilities of overcoming missile defense systems,” he added, alluding to the US shield.
However, he assured that, although Russia intends to strengthen its nuclear forces with modern armaments – currently that indicator is 94% – it does not plan to be involved in a “new arms war” as happened to the Soviet Union.
At the end of last July, Russia carried out tactical nuclear maneuvers with Belarus using Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
Recently, Putin announced the modification of the current nuclear doctrine after the West considered allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons against targets in Russian territory.
The new doctrine contemplates the use of nuclear weapons in the event of a conventional attack that threatens the sovereignty of Russia and Belarus.
Negotiations between Russia and the United States are currently stalled for the signing of a new START, which expires in 2026 and which is the last strategic disarmament treaty between the two superpowers.
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Thirteen cuban military members missing after explosion at arms warehouse
Thirteen members of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) have been reported “missing” following an explosion at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the eastern part of the island, the military institution announced.
“As a result of the explosions at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the Melones community… in the province of Holguín, 730 km east of Havana,” two officers, two non-commissioned officers, and nine soldiers are reported as “missing,” according to a statement from the Ministry of the Armed Forces released by Cuban state television.
The statement specified that “investigations are still ongoing at the site,” which led to the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents from areas near the warehouse of a military unit where “aged ammunition was being classified.”
Neither the official press nor Cuban state television have provided images of the explosions at the military unit, but independent media outlets published photos online showing a massive column of smoke and police officers deployed in the streets of the Melones community.
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Trump considers declaring National Economic Emergency to justify universal tariffs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may be considering declaring a national economic emergency in order to justify implementing a package of universal tariffs on both allied and adversary countries, according to CNN.
The proclamation of these measures would grant the incoming U.S. president the freedom to create a new tariff program using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
This move would give the president the authority to manage imports during a national emergency.
According to the report, Trump has a penchant for this law as it provides broad jurisdiction on how tariffs are implemented without strict requirements to prove they are necessary for national security reasons.
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Venezuelan opposition candidate Enrique Márquez detained ahead of Maduro’s inauguration
Enrique Márquez, a minority opposition candidate in Venezuela’s July 28 elections, was “arbitrarily detained,” denounced a political coalition he is part of and his wife, who described the action as “kidnapping.”
Since Tuesday night, there has been a wave of reports of detentions, with at least a dozen arrests just over 48 hours before President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration for a third six-year term, following a controversial reelection.
“We inform that yesterday, 07.01.25, Enrique Márquez was arbitrarily detained,” stated the Popular Democratic Front (FDP).
“He was kidnapped by paramilitary groups who, using force as their law, aim to silence and intimidate those of us who want a better country and have a different vision,” said his wife, Sonia Lugo de Márquez, on the leader’s X account.
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